When I put down the phone, I immediately felt scared. Like all dental patients, they won't go to the dentist unless they have to. Put it off as long as you can. Bear it if you can. This time, I made a decision after countless unbearable toothaches.
As the saying goes: toothache and eye pain are not diseases, but they are fatal. This statement is absolutely correct. When it hurts badly, it's like brain damage. It hurts me to death.
Food is the most important thing for people, and food is related to teeth. Sweet and sour, soft and hard, fried, hot and cold, all kinds of food must pass through your teeth. If your teeth are broken, three meals a day are not delicious, but painful.
Toothache can be very painful, and treating teeth is also a test of people's psychological endurance. I used to treat my teeth as a punishment. I'm afraid to hear the "zi zi" sound of a dental drill, to see tools for tooth extraction such as drills, hammers and Gang Qian, to be afraid of the tingling when injecting anesthetic before tooth extraction, and to see every bad tooth dripping with blood pulled out and put it on a plate. All this fills me with fear.
My dentist is Dr. Xu from Pinggu District Secondary Specialized Hospital. He is the only man among eight dentists. His apprentice, the only girl among the five interns, is dignified, beautiful and full of youthful vitality. Dr. Xu is tall 1.75 meters, handsome and free and easy, and can be called a handsome man. He is outgoing, humorous and likes to make fun of patients, which can make patients relax their nervous mood in a relaxed and happy atmosphere. This may be his unique adjuvant therapy.
Dr. Xu 2 1 year-old, dentist, practicing medicine for more than 20 years. He has rich clinical experience. With excellent medical skills, he has long been famous in the dental field in Pinggu District, and more and more patients are looking for him. Only five numbers are posted every morning, and the rest of the patients are arranged in advance.
Dr. Xu's workshop is located on the east side of the southernmost part of the hall. Walking into the hall, I found four people standing outside the baffle. Dr. Xu was treating an old man who was nearly seventy years old on the couch. I stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Dr. Xu, am I late?" Dr. Xu gave me a look and said with a smile, "You are early today. You may have to wait a little longer. I'll look at these people before I show them to you. I'm afraid today's lunch will be late. As the saying goes, a good meal is not afraid of being late. "
A rural woman in her fifties gave me a look, as if to tell me, "I'll just watch it later." I came to the queue at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. I didn't hang up the number and ran for nothing. " I came an hour early today and hung up on the 2 nd. "
Standing next to a rural woman is a retired kindergarten teacher. She looked at Dr. Xu and said, "I only want to see Dr. Xu. He has been looking for my teeth for fifteen years. He filled my teeth, pulled them out and connected them to the end. Dr. Xu is not only clever and agile, but also responsible for patients. He is also willing to listen to him.
In the face of the patient singing hymns, Dr. Xu was a little embarrassed and pretended to be very serious. He said, "I'm not as good as everyone says. The doctors here are all experts, and everyone has unique skills. In less than two years, my apprentice can surpass me. At that time, I was photographed on the beach and was left to bask in the sun. Am I right, disciple? " The apprentice smiled angrily and said, "You made fun of me again." Everyone laughed, too
While talking and laughing, the old man's teeth have been cured, and Dr. Xu smiled and helped him down from the treatment bed. While undressing the old man, I told him to brush his teeth twice a day to maintain oral hygiene. The old man was deeply moved by Xie Wan and kept saying, "Thank you, Dr. Xu."
Looking at this scene, I have a lot of thoughts: I think of the conflict between doctors and patients exposed by the media some time ago and the comments from all walks of life. I still remember that Professor Zeng Xianjiu, the famous surgical director of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, once warned his students: "Treat patients as their own relatives, always keep smiling and make patients feel amiable." Professor Zeng believes that at present, a few doctors lack "intimacy" to patients and "pleasure" to save lives. They regard the medical process as an assembly line, seek advice in a hurry, prescribe medicine in a hurry, and alienate patients into "paying the bill" This will inevitably deviate from the public welfare nature of hospitals and intensify the contradiction between doctors and patients.
In front of him, Dr. Xu is interpreting the concept of "treating patients as relatives" with his own behavior.
Three hours passed, and there were only two people left in the workshop: the master and the apprentice. Dr. Xu wiped the sweat on his face with a paper towel, and my thoughts continued. I asked in a low voice, "Dr. Xu, you have been seeing dentists for so many years, and all you meet are patients with low quality." Are you deliberately making trouble and making trouble without reason? " Without thinking, Dr. Xu replied, "This has never happened before. People's hearts are all fleshy and care about each other. As long as you treat patients sincerely, treat them as good friends, and do your best to help them relieve their pain, they will see it in their eyes and keep it in their hearts. People have a conscience. "
I nodded in agreement after listening. Dr. Xu took off his gloves and asked me, "Do you know an interesting folklore? This is what my master said, and I have always kept it in mind. According to legend, Sun Simiao, the king of medicine in the Tang Dynasty, went out to collect herbs and met a tigress, who blocked her way with her mouth open. The entourage thought that the tiger was going to eat people, and they were scared to run around, but Sun Simiao saw that the tiger had an unspeakable disease. It turned out that the tiger was stuck in its throat with a long bone, and the pain was unbearable, so it had to be hindered by medical treatment. After Sun Simiao took out the foreign body and used herbs to stop bleeding and diminish inflammation, the tiger left happily. A few days later, Sun Simiao passed by again, and mother tiger and her cubs were waiting by the roadside to pay their respects. "
Ah, even if a man-eating tiger is sick, doctors should treat him with kindness, let alone a sick person. Even a man-eating tiger will be grateful to the doctor who relieved its illness.
The preparations for the female apprentice have been completed and the tooth extraction has begun. I lay on my gums and opened my mouth wide as instructed by Dr. Xu. Under the irradiation of the spotlight, he examined the teeth of the upper jaw one by one, and then pressed two teeth with his hand and said, "Today, these two teeth are pulled out first, and the roots are broken. There is no point in keeping them." I nodded by default, suit yourself. Seeing that I was a little nervous, Dr. Xu encouraged me to say, "Give me an anesthetic first. It hurts a little. Bear with it. " The female apprentice handed me an anesthetic needle. I closed my eyes and felt my gums hurt twice. Later, I felt numb, which is the efficacy of anesthetic.
Dr. Xu pried open the root of the bad tooth with a screwdriver-like instrument, and then the apprentice struck it with a hammer. With the thump, my head shook rhythmically. After a few knocks, Dr. Xu clamped the bad tooth with pliers and shook it hard. Two teeth were quickly pulled out.
Two months later, I went to the clinic lobby to have my teeth cleaned. After washing my teeth, Dr. Xu checked the recovery of my gums. After reading it, he sighed and said with annoyance, "Your upper gum has two bone tips protruding, which need to be polished to carve tooth marks." I asked eagerly, "What should I do?" Dr. Xu told me that there are two ways. One is to hold the bone tip with your fingers and massage it repeatedly for at least 2 hours every day, and the effect can be seen after 2 weeks. The second is to open an operation and file it with a steel file. As soon as I heard that the operation was to file the bone, I was immediately creepy and scared.
After returning to China, I started dental massage according to the technique taught by Dr. Xu. At first, there was some pain at the bone tip, which was tolerable. Later, as long as the fingers touched, the pain was unbearable. I told this to Dr. Xu on the phone, and he told me to stop the massage and prepare for the operation.
The operation was scheduled for Sunday afternoon, which happened to be Dr. Xu's rest day. There are only two doctors on duty in the hall, which is very empty and quiet compared with usual. I approached the hall trembling. Dr Xu has been waiting in the workshop. Seeing my horror, he laughed and teased: "I heard that the operation was scared. You don't have to be nervous and afraid. Surgery doesn't hurt at all, just like eating ice cream in the dog days. " I asked with a grain of salt, "Will the anesthetic hurt later?" "No, dental bone regeneration ability and anti-infection ability are very strong. In five days, the stitches can be removed. Next, let's go up the steps and step by step. " Say that finish, motioned me to lie on the bed chair.
Half an hour after operation, two bone tips were filed flat, and the blood oozing from the wound made me feel salty. At this point, Dr. Xu is already sweating. He wiped his sweat and told me to gargle. The last step is to sew up the wound. He skillfully picked up an alcohol cotton ball with tweezers to disinfect the wound, and then used a special needle and thread for surgery to carefully thread the needle, sewing six stitches in two places. When I was still at his mercy with my mouth open mechanically, Dr. Xu told me that the operation was all finished.
I'm relieved that the operation is really not as terrible as I thought. I sincerely admire Dr. Xu's superb medical skills.
From tooth extraction to tooth cleaning, from gum surgery to tooth printing, during this long three-month dental treatment, I have more contact and understanding with Dr. Xu.
From him, I saw an ordinary dentist's strong sense of responsibility for patients and the harmony, intimacy and mutual trust between patients and doctors.
Now, Dr. Xu and I have become "forgotten friends."